Movies

Published
March 24, 2011

At the Movies

OPENING FRIDAY “SUCKER PUNCH” (PG-13) Stars Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens and Abbie Cornish. Directed by Zack Snyder. A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility. Thematic material involving sexuality, violence and combat sequences, and […]
Published
March 24, 2011

This ‘Wimpy Kid’ posts low score on the giggle meter

“Diary of a Wimpy Kind: Rodrick Rules” takes our intrepid wimpy hero through seventh grade — more struggles to be “popular,” more efforts to make his unaffected, unpretentious and childish pal Rowley less of an embarrassment. It makes more of an effort to connect the big screen “Kid” with the Jeff Kinney “Diary” books — […]
Published
March 24, 2011

Girl power: Action heroines pack a ‘Punch’

NEW YORK – Black undies? Or white? It was a choice that confronted writer-director Zack Snyder while making “Sucker Punch,” a mostly female action-fantasy starring Emily Browning as a gun-toting, sword-swinging killer deceptively named Babydoll. She dispatches zombies and robots with the kind of brutality that made Snyder’s mostly male “300” a hit in 2007, […]
Published
March 17, 2011

DVD Releases

Scale the heights of Everest, lows of '70s-era news shows
Published
March 17, 2011

At the Movies

OPENING FRIDAY “LIMITLESS” (1:45) (PG-13) Stars Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel and Abbie Cornish. Directed by Neil Burger. A copywriter (Cooper) discovers a top-secret drug, MDT-48, that enhances intellect and other abilities. As his usage begins to change his life, he begins to consider the drug’s shadowy origins; meanwhile, a group of killers trail his every move. […]

Published
March 17, 2011

Movies: Pegg, Frost unable to lift sub-par ‘Paul’

When you’re really good at something, the time comes when the ghosts of your earlier accomplishments are your toughest competition. The English comedy team Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who brilliantly satirized zombie movies in “Shaun of the Dead” and buddy-cop flicks in “Hot Fuzz,” gave audiences huge laughs, and gave themselves an extremely hard […]
Published
March 17, 2011

Movies: Screwballs of ‘Cedar Rapids’ hit target by keeping it real

There aren’t many things in this world as funny as simple, clueless sincerity. The TV series “The Office” gets this. “Cedar Rapids,” the new insurance salesman-convention comedy starring Ed Helms, may be “The Office” meets “The Hangover,” with plenty of lowdown and “Oh no they didn’t” laughs. But what makes it work is its footing […]
Published
March 17, 2011

Movies: Drama again for McConaughey in turn as ‘Lincoln Lawyer’

LOS ANGELES – Matthew McConaughey has just cracked open his second Corona when the man wearing Mardi Gras beads and a Village People policeman’s cap approaches his car. “Do you know Duane?” the inebriated-looking man asks with suspicion, poking his head inside the window and gesturing to the house the car happens to be parked […]
Published
March 17, 2011

The Movies: For Bradley Cooper, the possibilities are ‘limitless’

He's movin' on up to the A list, starring opposite Robert De Niro in a new thriller.
Published
March 10, 2011

Indie Film: Rated Local film fest bringing worthy shorts to the big screen

Get ready Maine filmmakers, the big screen is calling. It’s getting easier all the time for aspiring movie mavens to make their own films. And thanks to that crazy Internet I’ve been hearing so much about, it’s also pretty easy for those movies to be seen by large numbers of people. But seeing your work […]